Municipal governments' efforts in preparing for possible terrorist events are critical to
effective homeland security. Using data gathered from a nationwide sample of municipal …

Throughout history, pandemics have posed significant challenges to governments.
Examination of the ways that governments have responded to pandemics can contribute to …

In this paper we address a question fundamental to understanding the potential
effectiveness of homeland security policy across the US federal system: what explains …

Recent spread of the diseases SARS, Bird Flu, and H1N1 have raised questions about how
the US government will address the implications of a major pandemic. One of the key issues …

Résumé Cet article vise à étudier et à expliquer l'émergence d'une forme de sécurité que
l'on nomme la biosécurité, et tente de démontrer comment celle-ci s' est construite dans le …

In spite of its eradication in 1980, the threat posed by the use of smallpox as an instrument of
terror has increased its salience to policy makers. Events of the 1990s and beyond have …

This paper argues that in the post 9/11 era, the emergency management field is shifting
toward the civil defence model that existed in the Cold War Era. Since the 1970s the …

For the good of the Soveraign and People, cannot be separated. It is a weak Soveraign, that
has weak Subjects; and a weak People, whose Soveraign wanteth Power to rule them at his …